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LEXINGTONS FINALE 1 Large Attendance for Last Day of the Spring Meeting. » . Hy Schneider Luckily Defeats Typhoon by Inches in the Idle Hour Stakes. 1 LF.XINGTOX, Ky., May 4.— The Kentucky Associations Spring meeting of ten days duration terminated this afternoon with a splendid attendance on hand to view the sport and attending incidents of getaway day. A heavy track prevailed as a result of the downpour that began after the closing race Tuesday and continued steadily for i most of the night. Bright sunshine made for ideal weather conditions and was responsible for the big crowd that visited the -course. For the first time in many years, the Ken- • tucky Association will show a vast profit. This is highly gratifying to president Sewell Combs as well as general manager Thomas Scott, who worked untiringly to bring about the success of the meeting. The racing has been formal since the opening and better fields have started than In former years. This was the result of conducting the sport on a higher plane, secretary Shelley refraining from catering to the cheaper grade of racers in these parts. The Idle Hour Stakes with its ,000 added, held the place of honor on the closing program and it brought out ten youngsters to race four and a half furlongs. It resulted in a victory for the Applegate — Vandusen owned Hy Schneider, which scored a lucky victory over the Kenton Farm stables Typhoon by a margin of inches. TYPHOON POINDS BEST. Typhoon was pounds the best and his failure was attributed to the interference he suffered soon after the start when Seventeen Sixty came across in front of the others from on outer position and caused a bad jam. It forced Typhoon back considerably and he had to rate wide in the stretch but closed an immense gap and just missed overhauling Hy Schneider. The Applegate-Van Dusen-Gardner combination enjoyed their best day, when three of there representatives Kighteen Sixty, Hy Schneider and Sixty, all sired by John P. Crier, were returned winners in their respective races. Sixtys victory came in the sixth race at a mile and it provided one of the closest finishes of the afternoon, Sixty just managing to stagger past the finish, a nose in advance of Alloy. The opening race, which was won by Louis Rubenstein in a driving finish, resulted in cuts and bruises for jockey W. Imig, who was thrown from Loyal H., after the horses had gone slightly more than a quarter of a mile. Loyal H.. in going down with tenitle force, catapulted the young rider high into the air and he landed with full fore- on his face. His face was badly bruised and cut and numerous lacerations about the mouth and arms were among his injuries, none of which are considered serious. He was immediately removed to his home after receiving treatment at the track. Louis Rubenstein. after racing close to the early leaders, moved to Stintson and J. G. Ivnny with good speed after reaching the stretch, but began to tire in the final strides and just la-sted to stall off the determined Stintson. J. G. Denny was an easy third and attracted most support. KHJHTKKX SIXTY iKADlATKS. Kighteen Sixty, from the H. P. Gardner stable, was an easy winner over seven other maiden two-year-olds that started under claiming conditions at four and one-half furlongs in the second race. After following tlie leading Dentess to the stretch he sprinted around the pacemaker to race to an easy triumph. Charles Robinson and Red Ruby accounted for second and third p.ace as named. Lady Herbert, a rank outsider and ridden by T. McKIroy. accounted for the third race in much the same fashion as the previous winner, the filly winning from Torcher by-three lengths. Torcher was second to complete the distanee. closely followed by My Kva. the latter iinisliintf fast and being kept fairly well up from the start. Turquoise pave a dull |M-rformance after being installed the favorite. Kiyi and G. Johnson proved the winning combination in the fourth race, at one mile and an eighth. The winner forced his rider to display all the skill at his command as he ■werved out badly when Johnson applied the whii inside the eighth i ost, and it required strong handling for his rider to straighten him away in time to retain the lead and hold Arragosa. Massey took third almost two lengths behind Arragosa. The placed trio ■Were in the more advantageous i ositions almost the entire distance, with Arragosa making the pan for slightly more than three-quartets mile. The winner was the choice. Marjorie .. a starter here, endeavored to l ear out all the way. and I ». Mel ermott sub-j«. t»- | tier to unnecessary punishment after the finish.
